Ultrasonic Dehydration for Liquid Dental Meals

Abstract

This report summarizes the work accomplished in the successful completion of Phase I of this SBIR Project. It includes: (1) Examination of several options for the use of ultrasonic energy in the dehydration process of liquid dental meals, (2) Identification of parameter ranges for food products and ultrasonic equipment compatible with the dehydration process, (3) Preparation of a list of representative food items that are based on the process parameters and which would be suitable for ultrasonically assisted dehydration, (4) Performance of feasibility experiments using ultrasonic transducers and liquid food products to validate the research findings. (5) Outlining the steps necessary to implement the prototype process and to test the quality of the dehydrate products.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA277515

Entities

People

  • J. F. Figueroa
  • R. M. Rae
  • Shane P. Babin
  • Steven Clarke

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Convection
  • Dehydrated Foods
  • Dehydration
  • Energy
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Temperature
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Humidity
  • Latent Heat
  • Mass Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Moisture Content
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Vaporization

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Software Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.